Gregorian Calendar

Gregorian Calendar

Usage

BP(...)

b2k(...)

BC(...)

BCE(...)

AD(...)

CE(...)

Arguments

...

Currently not used.

Value

A GregorianCalendar object.

See also

calendar()

Other calendar tools: calendar(), calendar_get, convert(), get_calendar(), is_calendar(), julian()

Author

N. Frerebeau

Examples

## Define time scales
calendar("BP")
#> Before Present (BP): Gregorian years counted backwards from 1950
calendar("AD")
#> Anno Domini (AD): Gregorian years counted forwards from 0
calendar("julian")
#> Julian years counted forwards from 1

## Shortcuts
BP()
#> Before Present (BP): Gregorian years counted backwards from 1950
AD()
#> Anno Domini (AD): Gregorian years counted forwards from 0
J()
#> Julian years counted forwards from 1